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CFP: UvA's Trust in the Digital Society Summit (Feb 28th deadline)
by Marc Tuters 19 Feb '25

19 Feb '25

Dear AoIR colleagues, I'm writing to bring your attention to a call for papers, the submission deadline is the end of next week (Feb 28th), for the University of Amsterdam's Trust Summit, an interdisciplinary, hybrid conference hosted by the University of Amsterdam’s Trust in the Digital Society Research Priority Area. Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 28-29, 2025 Call for papers In recent years trust has become one of the central concepts in the digital society. On the one hand, the trustworthiness of our information infrastructures, such as platforms, AI, encrypted communications emerged as a central concern. On the other hand, trust relations in the digital society, such as trust in expertise, science, news, or public institutions have been fundamentally disrupted. We are at a critical juncture, where these two challenges meet. There is no rightly vested trust in the digital society without trustworthy information-communication technologies. The Amsterdam Trust Summit invites researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and activists to come together and start building a comprehensive account of the trust dynamics in the digital society. Trust is the latest shared societal resource to be disrupted by digital innovation on a global scale. We see a growing distrust in institutions, practices, professions which were highly trusted before. More and more people have less confidence than before in journalism, science, vaccines, schools and universities, otherwise fair and reliable public institutions. Political polarization creates tensions in interpersonal trust relations, and sometimes tear friendships, and even families apart. While skepticism and distrust can also be understood as liberal democratic virtues, online they are all too often subject to ‘weaponization’ at the hands of trolls, online influencers, lying politicians and sock puppet accounts connected to authoritarian state sponsored disinformation campaigns. In online environments, where outrage often leads to higher levels of 'engagement', these dynamics feed into new ‘coalitions of distrust’ forming across and between different groups united by their shared antagonism of 'the mainstream'. On the other end of the spectrum, we also see an increase of ‘overconfidence’ in untrustworthy actors. Throughout history, people have often placed trust in the wrong hands, but what distinguishes the present is the scale at which this occurs online, where accountability is frequently lacking. The rise of the sharing economy has made it common to trust strangers with our homes, cars, and personal belongings, often without fully considering the risks involved. Similarly, the growing presence of generative AI has led many to trust the output of these systems without hesitation in their daily lives. Trust is fluid, and there are just too many opportunities for it to flow into the wrong places: the untrustworthy seem to be increasingly trusted, while the trustworthy aren’t. In each case we may be facing a slightly different formulation of the same fundamental questions. First: what makes these new digital innovations (un)trustworthy? What mix of regulation, transparency, accountability, oversights, technical design, business models will provide the greatest confidence that our new digital infrastructures can deliver on their promises, while keeping the best interest of their users and of the society in mind? Second, how does digital innovation shape trust in the digital society? What are the dynamics that shape trust relations vis-à-vis other people, institutions, technologies, etc.? How do the different components of trust change and transform due to digitization: the circumstances of the one who trusts, the characteristics of the one to be trusted, the environment in which trust emerges (or not). Third, what are the (unintended) consequences of the disruption of trust relations and the emergence of these new trust mediators to individuals, organizations, and society more broadly? And what may be effective pathways to, on the one hand, leverage the benefits of some of these developments while, on the other hand, addressing the risks and the issues that they bring? The University of Amsterdam established a Research Priority Area to study these questions. The Trust in the Digital Society announces its inaugural international conference, the Amsterdam Trust Summit to convene trust researchers and trust professionals. Submission Guidelines This is an interdisciplinary conference, and we welcome submissions from a wide range of academic fields. We encourage contributions from, but not limited to, the disciplines of law, sociology, political science, experimental economics, communication science, media studies, computer science, and related areas. We invite submission and proposals in various formats: Extended abstracts (max. 1500 words, excl. references) Full papers (max. 10000 words, incl. references) Position papers (max. 1500 words, excl. references) Round table proposals (max. 500 words, excl. references, with a title, and max. 5 participants) Workshop proposals (max. 500 words, excl. references, with a title and expected workshop size) Hackathons (max. 500 words, excl. references, with a title) Please indicate which type of format you would like to submit on your document. Please submit your document in either Word or PDF, with references in APA format (7th Edition). We aim to invite selected abstracts for publication in a dedicated special issue of a leading journal. We thus encourage participants to submit full drafts for consideration by the organizers. If you would like your paper to be considered for publication, kindly explicitly indicate your interest. Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025 Tracks A: Theories of trust and distrust in the digital society * Theoretical and empirical work on technology-related risks, uncertainties harms as well as benefits and new dynamics * Theoretical and empirical work on new models of trust and distrust in and by digital technology B: Trust dynamics around emerging technologies * specific technologies, such as AI, platforms, self-driving cars, blockchains, etc. * various societal domains, such as journalism, science, the justice system, education system, etc. * economic transactions: labor, finance, supply chains, etc. * various institutions: the state, businesses, civil society organizations * interpersonal relations * epistemic frameworks, such as polarization, mis/disinformation, the rise of alternative sources of knowledge and authority C: Individual trusting behaviors and impacts around technology * The antecedents, processes, and consequences of trusting behavior vis-à-vis technology * Shifts in trust behaviors through technology mediated relations D: Trustworthiness safeguards of socio-technical infrastructures * Trustworthiness and regulation * Self-regulation, trust and safety teams * Technical designs and architectures of trustworthiness * Trustworthiness by markets and competition E: Narratives of trust and distrust in popular culture * Trust and distrust in media, social media conversations * Conspiracy thinking and the prevalence of conspiracy theories * The rise and impact of fake news * Misinformation and disinformation in (social) media content F: Methods of studying trust in the information age * Quantitative trust research, including surveys and questionnaires, experiments, statistical modelling, network analysis, content analysis, network modeling, time series analysis, computational methods (textual, audiovisual) * Qualitative trust research, including interviews, case studies, ethnography, qualitative content analysis, think aloud studies * Interdisciplinary approaches to study trust in the fields of psychology, sociology, political science, communication science, neuroscience, economics etc. Details Dates and time: 28 and 29 August 2025 Location: Amsterdam + Online Registration fees: The Amsterdam Trust Summit will ensure that there will be no financial hurdles for scholars from lower-middle-income countries, scholars at risk, and scholars in precarious positions without access to funding. Submit your paper here! https://digitaltrust.uva.nl/amsterdam-trust-summit-2025/call-for-papers-ats…

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WEBCAST FEB 19 – Manthan: A Stakeholder discussion on the AI Governance Guidelines Development
by Joly MacFie 19 Feb '25

19 Feb '25

Infamously, the UK and the USA committed to laissez-faire at last week's AI Summit. Other countries, including India, are taking a more measured approach. (No real time text on this as I have another stream - but I will look to do a transcript) Read on blog <https://isoc.live/18878/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: isoclive] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6aa80e0f595c29815b31302…> On *Wednesday 19 February, 2025*, at *4pm-5:30pm IST* (10:30-12:00 UTC) *CCAOI <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=76f986c6b18d5e9f726f64b…>* hosts an online interactive stakeholder discussion ‘*Manthan: A Stakeholder discussion on the AI Governance Guidelines Development <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=07bc001dac5053c9666d711…>*‘. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) constituted the Subcommittee on AI Governance and Guidelines Development on November 9, 2023, to analyse existing regulatory gaps and provide recommendations for developing a comprehensive AI governance framework for India. Subsequently the *Report on AI Governance Guidelines Development <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c7ba94338fb76d1849dcd87…>* was released for comments. This discussion aims to make the provisions of the report more understandable and relatable to a wider audience and provoke thoughts about the AI Governance framework India needs and to encourage stakeholder(s) to make submissions. The event is supported by *Internet Society India Delhi Chapte <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=03049c76ac22c0192ec8ef2…>*r (ISOC Delhi) as a community partner. *PANEL* *Tarunima Prabhakar -* Tattle *Urvashi Aneja* - Digital Futures Lab *Vivan Saran * - Koan Advisory Group / AI Knowledge Consortium *Kazim Rizvi*, The Dialogue and CORE AI *Amlan Mohanty*, Independent Tech Policy Advisor *MODERATOR / HOST* *Amrita Choudhury*, CCAOI *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/xcqM8_mooRw <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c3b111a69cbdb5a704f3aab…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4gLObIg <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=07bc001dac5053c9666d711…>* *TWITTER #AIgovernance <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=96fbb70801077d9f202f601…> @urvashi_aneja @SharanVivan @kazimriz @Lyciast @AmritaChoudhury @ISOCapac* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ccaoi-manthan4 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=00517e81d9b1dc019d6c4f3…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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⚡Sign STS Petition⚡ remote access & financial fair play for all 🌱
by Jascha Bareis 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Dear AoiR researchers, Many of you are active in the Science and Technology Studies (STS) as well. What concerns STS conferences also concerns AoiR conferences. Here the petition: We call on Science and Technology Studies scholars advocating for remote access and financial fair play to sign this petition. As scholars committed to intersectional justice, we call STS researchers across the globe to sign this petition to demand all STS conferences and meetings to be hybrid by default. Event organizers in STS with the resources and infrastructure available to facilitate hybrid participation, should ensure remote access becomes the standard practice attending our meetings and conferences. Further, they should provide financial transparency concerning the budgets and spendings of the representative associations concerning the realization of their conferences and events. *The petition demands* /1. STS councils, boards and conference committees, and event organizers of the international and local STS associations around the globe provide remote access to ensure hybrid participation becomes a standard practice in our research community./ /2. organizers of STS conferences make the budget and costs of all future STS conferences and their respective associations transparent./ *Read and share our petition on charge.org where we list the environmental and social justice commitments at stake:* https://www.change.org/p/sts-scholars-for-remote-access-and-financial-fair-… <https://www.change.org/p/sts-scholars-for-remote-access-and-financial-fair-…> For questions, queries, feedback, or ideas regarding the petition, please write to us at *stsforall(a)posteo.com <mailto:stsforall@posteo.com>* *Thank you for your help!* The initiators of the petition, Barbara N. Carreras and Jascha Bareis -- *Jascha Bareis*(Profile) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_bareis_jascha.php>(Scholar) <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bf1gf9AAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao>(LinkedIn) <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jascha-bareis-36082523b/> Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis(ITAS) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/index.php> Karlsruher Institute of Technology(KIT) <https://www.kit.edu/english/index.php> Research Group Digital Technology and Societal Change(FG DigIT) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_digit.php> *Recent Publications* Ask Me Anything ! 😈How ChatPGT Got Hyped Into Being.SOC ARXIV Preprint <https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/jzde2> The Trustification of AI. Disclosing the bridging pillars that tie Trust and AI together.Big Data & Society <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241249430> Technology Hype: Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising, with M. Roßmann and F.Bordignon.Journal of Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice <https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/7073>

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Webinar - MSc Media Management, University of Stirling, Feb 25
by Errol Salamon 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Dear All, Please share with your final-year undergraduate students and recent graduates: Join Dr Errol Salamon, Programme Director of the MSc Media Management at the University of Stirling, for a live webinar on February 25 at 11 am (GMT). Learn more about studying with us and get answers to any questions you might have. Applications for autumn 2025 are still open. To receive a link for the webinar, please register here: https://www.bigmarker.com/student-support/MSc-Media-Management-Webinar-at-t… Best wishes, Errol Dr. Errol Salamon Programme Director, MSc in Media Management Senior Lecturer in Media Production Division of Communications, Media and Culture University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, United Kingdom Office: A45 Pathfoot Building ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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WEBCAST FEB 18 / 20 – GigaNet Online 2024 Symposium
by Joly MacFie 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Small but sturdy, I guess this is the premium global venue for academic Internet Governance studies. As mentioned, this is an online follow up to F2F at the IGF last December. Real time text for the Day 1 session is https://bit.ly/4hN8xC7 [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=55c8be350fbdffa235faf21…> On *Tuesday February 18, 2025*, and *Thursday February 20 ,2025*, the *Global Internet Governance Academic Network <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=575f38790dec4487263e909…>* (GigaNet) will hold the *online portion of its 2024 Annual Symposium <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=63321f137f658dbb2108e01…>*. The in-person 2024 GigaNet Symposium was held on December 2024 at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia. A recording can be found at *https://isoc.live/18689 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=615ee91b2b92f50c276f7f3…>* . GigaNet aims to foster multidisciplinary research on internet governance. The symposium serves as a platform for scholars to present and discuss research related to various aspects of internet governance, including but not limited to, infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital rights, and sustainability. The GigaNet Symposium thus plays a crucial role in shaping discussions, policies, and research directions in the field of internet governance, bringing together academics, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world. *AGENDA https://www.giga-net.org/2025/02/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=63321f137f658dbb2108e01…>* All times CET = UTC+1 DAY 1 - Tuesday February 18 2025 *13:15 Introduction and welcome* *13:30 Panel 1* *A comparative study of China and EU’s digital sovereignty -**Xiaojuan Grace Yang* *Digital Sovereignty and the Fractured Landscape of Internet Governance - **Pilar Rodriguez Pita, Jorge Pérez Martínez, Alberto Urueña Lopez * *QUIC, or the battle that never was: a case of re-infrastructuring control over Internet traffic -**Francesca Musiani, Clément Perarnaud* Chair: *Sophie Hoogenboom* Discussant: *Serhat Tutkal* *15:30 Panel 2* *Cascading Secrecy: Tensions between Transparency and Trade Secrecy - **Hannah Ismael, Ziyaad Bhorat* *Far from a consensus: Exploring the role of digital authoritarianism in hindering UN discussions on cyber norms - **Claudiu Codreanu* *Contested Governance of Speech Online: Global Perspectives on Actors in Social Media Content Moderation - **Dennis Redeker* Chair: *Sophie Hoogenboom* Discussant: *Berna Akcali Gur* *VIEW ON YOUTUBE - https://youtu.be/otpwT3KCp1s <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=053f653adff864c4ce88922…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4hLwMRm <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=04cf63a36be6a7537db4a8a…>* DAY 2 - Thursday February 20. 2025 *08:00 Panel 3* *Technopreneurial coalition vs. state-sponsored dependency: A comparison of two scenarios of digital governance in local China - Yuchao Zhao* *The Evolution of Governance by Internet Infrastructure in Russia Before and After February 2022: New Generations of Controls and Their Effects on New-School Regulation Theory - Liudmila Sivetc* *Towards a genuine governance of Internet? The case of the Quechua-speaking population in Peru - Ana Lucia Taboada, Fabiana Alvarado* Chair: *Jamal Shahin* Discussant: *Trisha Meyer* *10:00 Panel 4* *Uploading Tuvalu: The Internet Governance Dimension of Virtualizing Cultural Heritage in Times of Climate Change - * *Matthias Kettemann* *The shrinking online space of civil society: withstanding social control by infrastructure in war zones. The Palestine case - Riccardo Nanni* *Reframing Internet Governance: The Struggle of Multistakeholderism in the Face of Multilateralism - Mark W. Datysgeld, Jaqueline Trevisan Pigatto, Laura Gabrieli Pereira da Silva* Chair: *Jamal Shahin* Moderator: *Roxana Radu* *11:30 Closing session* *VIEW ON YOUTUBE - https://youtu.be/pYKPYTp_qOQ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fade7d147d6f18ee8a2e37b…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4hLwMRm <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=04cf63a36be6a7537db4a8a…>* *TWITTER #GiganetSymposium <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fad859c2bab35eab693eb18…> @MiltonMueller @r0xanaradu @giganetr #GigaNet #netgov #internationallaw #policydevelopment* *MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=75f55ae4f864c21303d57a8…>* | *BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=eafa74ad4cc56ed5c12e8e2…>* | *INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c819f00a43a35657975d179…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=baca848fe29927a301e88f8…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=969731c723207bb30a52b63…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=84946de58a0e3967a4955f5…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/giganetsymposium2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=830a011930d05d592a1a0e5…> *(when available) *** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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invite: webinar on digital identity and democratic rights (February 25)
by Stefania Milan 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Dear colleagues I am happy to invite you to the first monthly webinar of the 2025 series on "AI & Democracy" organised by the Chair "AI & Democracy", Florence School of Transnational Governance (European University Institute). The first webinar explores "Digital Identity Systems and AI: Implications for Democratic Rights", and is scheduled for Tuesday the 25th of February (1430-1515, Central European Time/Rome). It features Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo, author of the monograph "Unfair ID". Sage 2024) and Stephan Scheel (Leuphana University, PI of the ERC-funded project "Doing Digital Identities"). Attendance is open to all but you need to register athttps://www.eui.eu/events?id=576832 Hope to see you there! Stefania Milan

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Second CFP: Persuasion and AI Disclosure pre-conference workshop (Limassol, May 5th)
by Nili Steinfeld 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Dear all. Please note that the deadline to submit for the workshop is March 1st. For any questions you are welcome to contact me: nilisteinfeld(a)gmail.com or Dr. Hila Lowenstein: hilalow(a)gmail.com We look forward to your contributions! *****Call for Participation: Workshop on Persuasion and AI Disclosure – Building Trust in Synthetic Media***** We invite scholars and practitioners to participate in the full-day *Persuasion and AI Disclosure <https://aunmedia.org/AIDisclosure/>* workshop, held as part of the *20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology* <https://2025.persuasivetech.org/> in *Limassol, Cyprus*, on *May 5, 2025*. The rapid evolution of AI-generated content has sparked critical discussions on trust, transparency, and persuasion. This workshop will explore how disclosure practices shape audience perceptions, ethical considerations, and regulatory challenges. We aim to bring together experts from communication, psychology, ethics, computer science, and related fields to develop evidence-based frameworks for effective AI disclosure strategies. Key Topics Include: - Persuasive communication strategies in synthetic media - Trust-building through AI transparency - Cognitive effects of AI disclosure on audiences - Ethical dilemmas in AI-generated content - Legal and regulatory frameworks for AI disclosure - AI in political communication and media influence - Cultural and ideological factors in AI reception - Comparative approaches to AI disclosure - Future directions for AI in persuasive communication 🔹 *Submission Deadline:* March 1, 2025 🔹 *More Information & Submission Details can be found in the* *Workshop Website* <https://aunmedia.org/AIDisclosure/> 🔹 Questions, inquiries and expression of interest to participate as non-presenting participants can be addressed to Dr. Hila Lowenstein hilalow(a)gmail.com or to Dr. Nili Steinfeld nilisteinfeld(a)gmail.com Please share this Call for Participation with colleagues who might be interested. We look forward to your contributions! **** Workshop organizing committee: **** Dr. Nili Steinfeld, Ariel University; Dr. Hila Lowenstaein, Ariel University Prof. Payal Arora, Utrecht University Ms Maria Rice, Reality Hack **** Workshop program committee: **** Prof. Karine Nahon, Reichman University Dr. Yioula Melanthiou, Cyprus University of Technology Dr. Elinor Carmi, City, University of London Dr. Abdallah El Ali, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Utrecht University Dr. Sharon Haleva-Amir, Bar-Ilan University Dr. Dorit Zimand-Sheiner, Ariel University Dr. Ofrit Kol,Ariel University Mr. Karthikeya Puttur Venkatraj, TU Delft and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica Kind Regards, Dr. Nili Steinfeld Senior Lecturer School of Communications Ariel University

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CfP - Routledge's "Media Studies Meet Drug Research"
by Piotr Siuda 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Dear Colleagues I hope you are doing well. I want to share an opportunity for scholars working at the intersection of media studies and drug research. Together with Dr. Michał Wanke (University of Opole), I am co-editing an upcoming volume titled "Media Studies Meet Drug Research." The book, which has received initial positive feedback from Routledge’s commissioning editors, aims to bring together researchers from both fields to explore theoretical, empirical, and methodological connections. We already have contributions from several established scholars and are assembling what promises to be a compelling and interdisciplinary collection. We are looking for chapter contributions on topics such as: - Theoretical and conceptual frameworks linking media and drug research - Identity, stigma, and agency in drug-related and media environments - Representations, narratives, and moral panics - Digital platforms, online drug markets, and algorithmic influence - Policy, governance, and surveillance across both fields - Methodological and ethical innovations in interdisciplinary research Key deadlines: - Extended abstract submission: April 20, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2025 - First drafts due: October 1, 2025 - Final drafts due: December 31, 2025 Here is a link to the official page with further details: https://drugsproject.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CfP_Media_Studies_Meet_D… We would be delighted if you considered submitting a proposal or sharing this call with colleagues who may be interested. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss potential topics. Looking forward to your thoughts! Warm Regards -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* *-- **“Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!” Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum, **Sociological Inquiry*. https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12652 -- *Self-exposure as a Way of Life. Privacy Tradeoff and Datafied Citizenship*,* Proceedings of the 58th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025*, https://hdl.handle.net/10125/109127 -- *“Similar to Legal Companies”: Vendor Brands and Other Aspects of Marketing Communication in the Darknet Drug Trade*, *Deviant Behavior*, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2428711

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Mile for Workshop Proposals Submission
by Announce 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

*** Last Mile for Workshop Proposals Submission *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Submission Deadline: February 24, 2025 (extended and firm) ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials held in conjunction with ECSA 2025. Workshops and tutorials will be held on September 15-16, 2025 (right before the main conference on September 17-19, 2025). ECSA workshops allow researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore innovative software architecture (scientific or engineering) ideas and challenges at an early stage. Topics of interest are, but are not limited to: • Software Architecture challenges for AI- and ML-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Self-Adaptive Systems • Software Architecture challenges for Cyber-Physical Systems • Software Architecture challenges in Big Data and Cloud Computing • Software Architecture challenges in IoT-based Systems • Software Architecture challenges in DevOps and MLOps • Software Architecture challenges in Blockchain Engineering • Software Architecture challenges in Quantum Software • Quality-of-service (QoS) measurements of Software Architectures • Privacy and Security in Software Architectural Design • Context-aware, Autonomous, and Smart Architectures • Sustainability in Software Architectures • Software Architecture Erosion and Architectural Consistency • Technical Debt in Software Architecture Design • Architecting the Digital Twin • Continuous Architecting • Agile Software Architecting • Human Aspects of Software Architecting • Software Architecture Assessment • AI assisted Software Architecting • Agile Modeling All proposals must conform to a maximum of 8 pages following the LNCS format (see below), including references, appendices, and figures. The proposal must include the following information in the order specified: • Workshop title and acronym • Contact information for the workshop organizers (name, affiliation, email) and the main contact • Abstract (up to 200 words) for the ECSA 2025 website (if the workshop is accepted) • Motivation and Objectives ○ Relevance of the workshop to the field of software architecture ○ Anticipated goals and outcomes (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies) • Format ○ Workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions) and plans for generating discussions ○ Duration - half day, one day or two days ○ Preliminary workshop schedule ○ Special services, logistic and/or equipment constraints • Participation ○ Target Audience and expected background ○ Plans regarding the mix of industry and research participation ○ Expected minimum and maximum number of workshop participants ○ Plans for participant solicitation and dissemination • Submission ○ Types of contributions (e.g., extended abstracts, position papers, research papers, etc.) and their estimated number. ○ Review and evaluation process deciding about the acceptance of submissions ○ Program committee, including tentative and already committed members ○ Strategy for the proceedings • Organizers ○ Brief description of each organizer’s background, including relevant past experience in organizing conferences and workshops ○ Brief organizers’ bios • Previous editions ○ Where and when the workshop has been offered previously, the past numbers of submitted and accepted papers, numbers of attendees ○ Number of registered attendees and websites of previous editions (if any) • Draft Call-for-Papers (1 page) Submissions must follow the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) All proposals should be submitted before the submission deadline (see below) using the online submission site: EasyChair ECSA 2025 Workshop track (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025) ECSA 2025 will use a single review process for workshop proceedings. For accepted papers, the minimum number of pages for each workshop paper is 8 and the maximum is 16 pages in the LNCS format. The proceedings of the workshops will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES • Workshop proposals: February 24, 2025 • Workshop proposals notification: March 7, 2025 • Workshop papers abstracts: May 12, 2025 • Workshop papers submission: May 19, 2025 • Workshop papers notification: June 20, 2025 • Workshop papers camera-ready: June 27, 2025 • Workshop dates: September 15-16, 2025 Early/Author registration for all accepted contributions: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION Workshop Co-Chairs • Tommi Mikkonen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland • Jennifer Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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Post in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage
by Kylie Jarrett 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hi all, The School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin has a Lecturer/Assistant Professor post in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage. The School is seeking to recruit an Ad Astra Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage who will provide research leadership within the school and across the wider university, in this important field. Reporting to the Head of School, the Ad Astra Fellow will have a key role in research and scholarship, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and academic administration, management and professional organisation in the academic areas of Information and Communication Studies, in active collaboration with colleagues in this School, in the other schools of the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law and throughout the University. More details here. https://www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancies/staffvacancies/adastrafellow-inaianddigita… _________________ Prof. Kylie Jarrett School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin She/her Editor-in-chief: *Dialogues on Digital Society* Author: *Digital Labor *(Polity 2022)*;* *Feminism, Labour, and D**igital Media: The Digital Housewife *(Routledge 2016) Co-author*: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media *(MIT Press 2019) *Google and the Culture of Search *(Routledge 2013)

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